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• ‘Occupy’ activists protest World Economic Forum

  January 25, 2012 in Nation/World DAVOS, Switzerland — Activists linked to the global ’Occupy’ movement used giant red weather balloons to stage a flying protest over the venue of the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, … 2

• Spin Control: Consistency in the eye of the beholder

  October 23, 2011 in City on Page B7 OLYMPIA – As the news media lurches between ignoring and overexposing the Occupy Wall Street/Spokane/Seattle/ Everywhere movement, is it too much to ask for the pontificators to show a little … 3

• Local protest stays peaceful

  October 2, 2011 in City on Page A6 As their cohorts in New York City were arrested in droves Saturday, organizers of the Occupy Spokane protest, which began Wednesday, say there have been no arrests locally and conflicts … 8

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  Protesters march through Capitol

  April 8, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Sixteen protesters were arrested in Washington’s Capitol outside the governor’s office Thursday in the third day of demonstrations over proposed cuts to state spending. Fifteen, including three from … 8

• Spin Control: Groups plan to make noise: Cut tax breaks, not spending

  April 3, 2011 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – When the party that’s in becomes the party that’s out, one can expect an increase of unhappy people coalescing and demonstrating against the new order. But if one … 2

• Protests, some violent, spread through Arab world

  February 17, 2011 in News, Nation/World Here is a summary of Thursday’s developments in the Arab world, as anti-government protests inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia spread in the region. 1

• Mubarak resigns, hands power to military

    February 11, 2011 in Nation/World Fireworks burst over Tahrir Square and Egypt exploded with joy and tears of relief after pro-democracy protesters brought down President Hosni Mubarak with a momentous march on his palaces and … 26

• U.S. says Egypt’s crackdown of ‘deep concern’

    January 28, 2011 in Nation/World The Obama administration today called Egypt’s crackdown on protesters a “deep concern” and urged Egyptian authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations and restore Internet traffic and social networking sites. 13

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  N. Idaho residents stand against hate message

      October 22, 2010 in City, Idaho Large crowds of counter-demonstrators turned out in the early morning darkness in Coeur d’Alene today to answer the small group of protesters from Westboro Baptist Church that plans a second … 7

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  Spokane unites against Westboro’s message of hate

      October 21, 2010 in City A crowd of more than 1,000 has gathered at Eastern Washington University to demonstrate against a group of eight Westboro Baptist Church pickets — by far the largest crowd of … 26

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  Small-government backers rally

  September 18, 2009 in City on Page A7 The people who gathered in the breezeway of the Spokane Center got a smorgasbord of national and local issues to cheer or jeer Thursday afternoon, and they clearly knew what … 2

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  Physicians make their case for single-payer health care

  September 10, 2009 in City on Page A5 A group of physicians calling themselves “Mad As Hell Doctors” vowed Wednesday in Spokane to keep pushing Congress toward a government-run plan. Two crowds gathered Wednesday, the first outside the … 7

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  Thailand protests turn violent

  April 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai soldiers sprayed automatic weapons fire into the air and threw tear gas to clear protesters blocking roads in the capital in the pre-dawn darkness today. Demonstrators …

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  Abortion protest draws 4,000

  January 21, 2009 in City on Page A8 OLYMPIA – More than 4,000 people crowded the Washington state Capitol steps Tuesday to decry abortion. “Let’s make sure the Supreme Court can hear all of us today,” newly elected …

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  Campus offers activists haven

  December 16, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 ATHENS, Greece – Inside the gates of Athens’ main university, bonfires rage and masked gangs stockpile petrol bombs, broken paving stones and marble hacked from the neoclassical buildings. It’s their …